That morning, the air felt staler than usual. Elena sat in the living room of her apartment, hugging her knees as she stared at the muted television screen. The business news scrolled quickly below, like a knife that kept slicing slowly into her sanity.

Stocks in a company owned by Elena Queen fell 3.4 percent this morning. The mall owned by Elena Queen, also in the city center, was reportedly empty of visitors. Analysts expect this to be an ongoing effect of the scandal that broke last ...